>Umm - i still don't see why 600 wouldn't have been enough. It's not a
>script of any sort - so why would you need to execute it?
true, true so chmod 0600, and throw away the key. Make sure the
permissions and ownership thingies read -rw------- root root, or chown it
too. There are ways around this sort of protection if someone has physical
access to the box, but how and ever one can only try.
steve
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